I have to admit, that I have been down on myself the past week or so. I thought I did something huge, amazing, wonderful, life-altering, earth-shattering. I thought signing up for the half marathon was the beginning of the end - finally, me getting my booty into shape. And then I realized something incredibly important - in order to run a half marathon, you have to, well, RUN.
I have seriously being letting myself down, and even worse, avoiding admitting it. So here it is - I have been cheating myself. But not today.
Since yesterday afternoon I knew that something needed to change - after I spent yet another weekend, getting drunk two nights in a row, and not running a single step. While I did accomplish other things, I let my biggest goal slip - exercise. So, today, all day at work, I kept reminding myself that I was GOING FOR A RUN. and kept repeating my mantra all day. And you know what folks, it worked. As soon as I walked in the door I slipped into my running gear. To boot, my fiance offered to tag along, and be the one to deal with Mr. Moose (two bonus points to him for that). We headed down to one of our favorite places to take the dog - the Centennial Trail - It basically runs through downtown Spokane along the river - a hearty three mile loop. And guess what folks - I ran the ENTIRE THING!!!! No stops - not even a little cheater one. Mind you it was no grueling pace - but it was amazing, it felt great and I found a tiny bit of hope that I am not going to quit.
To top it of, Spokane was quite a beautiful site. The sun was setting, and all the city lights were just coming on - my favorite time of day! And I even beat my fiance and Moose to the finish line!! So this post lacks the humor I try (albeit not always so successfully..) to include - but I just had to finally make a positive post!!
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